The publics schools opened today after Easter holiday. This morning we walked to the school, met the headmistress and signed T and M up. T got to meet his teacher. She is young and speaks English very well and seemed very nice. T will start his first day tomorrow, from 7:30 am to 1:05 pm. M doesn't start until the fall but we signed her up anyway, while we were there and had the paperwork. M had already started public school in the US, but here kindergarten is separate from the school system so she doesn't start until first grade.
After visiting the school we walked to the paint store and bought several liters of a pink paint that M picked out for her room. She got to see it mixed up and pushed buttons on the mixing machine to start it. Then we stopped and grabbed sandwiches and hot drinks at a bakery. The people who worked there remembered us and were very patient with our attempts at ordering in German. T made his order in German and they asked it back in English to verify, but didn't know some of the words in English, so we were both learning from each other. There was a customer in there that asked V if we were from Finland! -- I can't imagine why they thought we might be Finnish, perhaps my beard, the kids blue eyes and our accent...? Another customer also recognized us from before and told us about the card system the bakery had to get free drinks if you make so many orders and get stamps on the card. I thanked him and then he went to the front and talked to the workers to tell them to give me a card, without my asking, then gave me the thumbs up before he left. I was a bit embarrassed because they were so busy with other orders.
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